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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Adventures with a Thermomix

My cheap little food processor died earlier this year. After a lot of internet research I became a Thermomix convert and bought the most expensive kitchen gadget I have ever bought (by a long shot). It really did feel a bit like joining a cult. But I am not going to get all evangelistic on you and tell you it is the best thing that has ever happened to me.

I mean I do love having a Thermomix and I have been using it almost every day. But I am not ready to tell you that it is worth the $2000 (AUD) price tag. Ask me in 2 or 3 years. If it is still going strong and I am still using it most days of the week then I might be ready to become an advocate of this expensive gadget.

So what have I made in it so far. I have tried a few recipes out of the book that comes with it and I have made a few recipes that I have found on blogs on forums. And of course I have done a lot of experimenting - because I love experimenting with food.

I have been pretty lazy with taking photos so I don't have a lot to share with you. And as for my experiments - some I am still perfecting, and some I just didn't even bother to keep notes on the ingredients.

Served with veggies rather than rice (I kind of think of rice as empty calories).

This is a delicious dish and I have made it a few times already. The only change I have made is to double the cummin and mustard seeds and I did not mill them. Suger has kindly typed out the recipe for the "Red Lentil and Tomato Dahl" which appears in the Thermomix Vegetarian recipe book. It is almost identical to the Red Lentil Curry in the original and you can find it here.

After it finishes cooking it pays to let it rest for 15 minutes before serving as the flavours really come together better. The recipe makes a lot of dahl and so we had plenty left for the next day when it was even more delicious!

7 comments:

Oh dear! Very sorry Blessedmama. I meant to hit "repy" to your comment but it seems I hit "delete". So clumsy.

But thanks anyway. I agree - no point replacing an appliance that still works! As for the vitamix - they do sound great. Some say that my thermomix will do whatever a vitamix can do and so far I have been very happy. But, as I have never used a vitamix perhaps I just don't know what I am missing. :-)

Hi owner of a thermomix myself and vegan to become, if you have this message it would be really helpful if you could pass on some recipe, the chia seed bread looks awsome !! my adres email : arnaud.bulle@hotmail.fr thx !

I'm a vegan, and I've been to a thermomix party. AND OH MY GOODNESS!!! I begged my husband, but he said it can be my reward for when we buy our first apartment, so hopefully this year I'll thermomixing to my hearts content...Grinding down raw sugar into caster sugar and then icing sugar. No bleaches, no iridescently brightness. I am going to be a happy healthy bunny!My one question to a thermomixer, is how do you go about juicing? Should I still invest in a cold press juicer?